The Detroit Red Wings are bringing back a franchise icon on a one-day deal to retire with their organization.
Detroit Red Wings legend Pavel Datsyuk was recently honored for his career in hockey with an official induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame. While the induction ceremony andNHL agent Dan Milstein announced on Twitter that Datsyuk came out of retirement to sign a one-day contract with Detroit to retire as a member of the Red Wings.
Hockey Hall of Famer Pavel Datsyuk unretires and signs a day NHL contract with the Detroit Red Wings! Once a Red Wing, always a Red Wing!Datsyuk’s professional hockey career spanned well over two decades between the NHL and KHL, but all of his time in North America was spent with the Red Wings. Between 2001 and 2016, Datsyuk played 953 games with the Red Wings and recorded 918 total points.
Known as the Magic Man, his stick-handling ability and scoring skills, Datsyuk scored 314 goals and 604 assists in the NHL.The Red Wings took a chance on Datsyuk when they took him in the sixth round of the 1998 NHL Draft, his third year of draft eligibility. In 2001-02, he finished fourth in Calder Trophy voting as the NHL’s Rookie of the Year. He scored 11 goals and 24 assists for 35 total points.
Over his NHL career, Datsyuk proved to be one of the most complete players in hockey history. He went on to win the Selke Trophy three straight times between 2008 and 2010. Between 2005 and 2009, he won the Lady Byng Trophy four straight times. In 2017, the NHL named Datsyuk as one of the league's topAfter leaving the Red Wings and the NHL, Datsyuk played five more years in the KHL until 2021. Even as he aged, his production never slowed down.
Regardless of how much time he spent playing away from Detroit, he always knew the Red Wings were his family. As Milstein put it in his tweet, “Once a Red Wing, always a Red Wing.”
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